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LOUIS KRAEMER, F YONKERS, NEW YORK.

`LINEDRYING ATTACHMENT FOR FISHING `RODS. Application led October 16,1926. Serial'No. 142,043.

The presentinvention. is concerned With Cured upon the rod and to directthe line the provision of an attachment for fishing 13 as it is reeledin over a sponge, so that rods or poles adapted to serve the purpose theline is substantially dry before reaching of drying the line as it isreelcd in, so that the reel and there is no danger of dripping 60 thefisherman will not be subject to the inwater over the hands or clothingof the convenience of having water from the Wet fisherman. f line dripover his hands vand clothing. Means is provided on the rod for the re-An object of the invention is to provide ception of the attachment, thismeans being a device of this character, capable of conpreferably in thenature of a key 14 adapt- 55 1o venient and expeditious attachment to ored to enter a channel 15 forming part of detachment from a rod, andwhich will in the sponge-carrying housing. The key 14 no way interferewith the usual operations may be welded to the rod, soldered thereto, ofcasting and reeling. clamped thereon, cast integral therewith,

Other objects ofthe invention are to proor secured in place by thesimple expedient 70 15 vide a device of this nature which may be ofwhipping cords 16 around y,the projectrapidly reversed on the pole forthe coning ends 17 of the key. venience of right handed or left handedThe sponge-carrying attachment'includes fishermen. a hoiisingin whichthe sponge is received.

Other objects of the invention are to pro- This housing may be of anydesired cross 75 vide a line-drying attachment of entreme'ly sectionalshape, and for illustrative pursiniple, practical construction, whichwill poses only, I have shown it as comprising be rugged, durable andeilicient in use, light a substantially cylindrical element, from inweight, easy to handle, and well suited to which the channel formingflanges 15 are the requirements of economical manufacstruck. Flanges 15abut a stop 14a on key 80 ture, 14 to prevent the housing from slippingoff lVith the above noted and other objects its key. in view, theinvention consists-in certain At each end of the housing, a pair ofnovel features of construction and combiwires or frame members 18 areprovided nations and arrangements of parts, as will which form guidesfor the line 13, the line 85 be more fully hereinafter set forth andpassing through the two sets of guides and pointed out inthe claims. Theinvention over the sponge 19 which rests on the botmay be more fullyunderstood from the toni of the housing. The cylindrical housfollowingdescription in connection with ing member includes a stationary sectionthe accompanying drawings, wherein` 20 from which the flanges 15 arestruck, 90 Fig. 1 is a fragmentary View in side eleand a swingingsection 21 pivotally convation showing the device of the present nectedas by hinges 22 to the stationary secinvention attached to a fishingrod. tion. The flanged free edge 23 of the Fig. 2 is a transversesectional view on swinging section 21 is adapted to snap over the dine2-2 of Fig. 1, the dotted lines inan oilset Harige 24 at the edge oftthesta- 95 dicating the hinge section. of the casing tionary section, andcarries locking tits 25 swung open to permit the insertion or resnappinginto recesses in the stationary secmoval of the sponge. l tion.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, bui; A. plate portion 26 of theswinging secshowing the presser plate swung inwardly tion 21 is adaptedto be manually y:forced inm0 to squeeze the sponge and force the waterwardly and to act as a. presser plate to comtherefroin. press the sponge19 and extract the water Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional viewtherefrom. The curved presser plate 26 is substantially on the line 4-4of Fig. 2. also pivoted on the hinge 22 and is acted Fig. 5 is a topplan view of the attachupon by coiled torsional springs 27 to retain 105ment. it normally in the position of Fig. 2. The In the drawings I haveusedtlie numeral device may be manually moved inwardly to 10 todesignate a fishing rod or pole atthe position of Fig. 3 when it isdesired to tached to a handle 1l, upon which may be extract the waterfrom the sponge. mounted any ordinary type of reel 12, upon From theforegoing description it will be no which is wound the line 13. Thedevice of apparent that the position of the spongetlie present inventionis adapted to be secarrying attachment may be reversed at will by simplyslipping it oi its key, reversing it and slidin it on the key again.Thus, the presser p ate will be in convenient position for manipulationby either lett handed or right handed fishermen. The line is drawnacross the sponge as it is reeled in. The device in no way interfereswith the ordinary operations of casting or reeling in.

In order to more elfectively squeeze the sponge when the presser plate26 is swung inwardly, this plate may carry on its inner face, an offsetpresser bar 26 which engages the sponge. Movement ot' the sponge underthe influence of the line, or independently of the housing is preventedby the use of pins 2l carried by housing section 21, and penetrating thesponge as the housing section is swung to closed position.

Obviously various changes and alterations may be made both in theconstruction of the device and in the manner. of attaching'it to therod, without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

l. An attachment for lishing rods including a housing formed ot' twosections, one pivoted relatively to the other, means for guiding a linethrough the housing and a sponge in the housing over which the line isadapted to be drawn as it is reeled in, the guiding means includingpairs of spaced guide Wires between which the line runs.

2. An attachment for fishing rods including a housing formed of twosections, one pivoted relatively to the other, means for guiding a linethrough the housing and a sponge in the housing over which the line isadapted to be drawn as it is reeled in, a hinged presser plate formingpart of one ot' the housing sections and adapted to be manually forcedinwardly to compress the sponge.

3. An attachment :t'or ishing rods including a housing formed of twosections, one

pivoted relativel to the other, means for guiding a line through thehousing and a sponge in the housing over which the line is adapted to bedrawn as it is reeled in, a hinged presser plate forming art of one ofthe housing sections and a apted to be manually forced inwardly tocompress the sponge, and an olfset presser bar element carried by theinside of the presser plate.

4. An attachment for fishing rods including a housing formed of twosections, one pivoted relatively to the other, means for guiding a linethrough the housing and a sponge in the housing over which the line isadapted to be drawn as it is reeled in, and pins carried by one of thesections for impaling the sponge and holding it against shiftingmovement.

5. An attachment for fishing rods including a housing formed ot' twosections, one pivoted relatively to the other, means for guiding asponge in the housing over which the line is adapted to be drawn as itis reeled in, one section of the housing including a channelled portionadapted to slide over a key on a lishing rod, the other section beinghinged relatively to the first one, and snapping into locking engagementtherewith, at its free edge.

l?. A device of the class described in claim 2, and including a springnormally holding a presser plate out of operative position.

7. The combination with a fishing rod and a hey rigid therewith, of asponge-holding attachment including a channelled member sliding over thekey.

8. lhe combination with a fishing rod and a hey rigid therewith, of a-sponge-holding attachment including a channelled member sliding overthe key, said key having a stop to limit the sliding movement of theattachment.

` LOUIS KRAEMER.

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